BlackBerry Announces Election Results for the Company’s Board of Directors

WATERLOO, Ontario, June 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BlackBerry Limited (NYSE:BB) (TSX:BB) announced today that the eight nominees listed in the Company’s management information circular dated May 4, 2018 for the Company’s annual and special meeting of shareholders held on June 20, 2018, were elected as directors to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders of the Company or until their successors are elected or appointed. The detailed results of the vote are set out below.

Nominee

Votes For

% For

Votes Withheld

% Withheld

John Chen

284,443,415

97.81%

6,382,513

2.19%

Michael A. Daniels

288,552,425

99.22%

2,273,503

0.78%

Timothy Dattels

289,913,429

99.69%

912,499

0.31%

Richard Lynch

288,475,178

99.19%

2,350,750

0.81%

Laurie Smaldone Alsup

289,920,002

99.69%

905,926

0.31%

Barbara Stymiest

287,038,576

98.70%

3,787,352

1.30%

V. Prem Watsa

266,002,554

91.46%

24,823,374

8.54%

Wayne Wouters

289,947,395

99.70%

878,533

0.30%

About BlackBerryBlackBerry is an enterprise software and services company focused on securing and managing IoT endpoints. The company does this with BlackBerry Secure, an end-to-end Enterprise of Things platform, comprised of its enterprise communication and collaboration software and safety-certified embedded solutions.

Based in Waterloo, Ontario, BlackBerry was founded in 1984 and operates in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Latin America and Africa. The Company trades under the ticker symbol “BB” on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. For more information visit BlackBerry.com, and follow the company on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

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